Howard Weaver

March 4, 1939 - September 5, 2018

Howard Lee Weaver passed in Jacksboro, Texas on September 5, 2018 at the age of 79 years. Howard was born to John Weaver and Nellie Linehan Sizemore Weaver on March 4, 1939 in Poolville, Texas. On May 30, 1958, he married the love of his life, Melba Farmer in Perrin, Texas. In 1973, Howard brought his family to Jacksboro, Texas. Within months, he opened Weaver Upholstery & Carpet on the square, which he and Melba ran for 27 years. As the owner of a small business “On the Square”, Howard was a fixture in the everyday lives of those in the community. He would offer advice or a cup of coffee to the countless number of people who would stop by on any given day. He volunteered time and materials from his business to community projects including church/mission work for Southwest Baptist Church and other school and community projects. Howard was a member of the volunteer Fire Departments for both the city of Jacksboro and Jack County and proudly served on both for many years. During that time, he also trained as an EMT and served as a volunteer EMT for the city’s ambulance service. He was a key part of these departments and the programs they built during that period. Howard, who became a Deacon for Southwest Baptist Church, went on numerous mission trips throughout the US, and Mexico as well. For many decades, he helped the people of Jacksboro be a part of this mission work by accepting their donated items and distributing them to the needy of Mexico. This included simple things like clothes, and complicated/hard to carry items like medical equipment, all of which found its way to people who needed it. He also led numerous mission trips, coordinating work projects and resources in not only Mexico, but areas affected by Hurricanes. In 2003, Howard became the supervisor of the Jack County Jail work crew, a job he loved until he retired in 2016. During this time, he worked tirelessly for the city/county, making sure that our town was the best it could be. He took care of the yards, the rodeo grounds, city decorations, numerous city work days, and the list goes on and on. While making sure that the city was cared for, he was doing an even greater service for the men who were on his crew. He became their leader, their counselor, their support system, encouraging them to change their life situations when they were no longer incarcerated. He taught them life and work skills, and after they were released, continued to be a friend and role model to them. As a result of his guidance and encouragement, some of the men on his crew have gone on to become leaders in life themselves. Howard was a leader, a friend to the community, and someone who strove tirelessly every day to make this world a better place. He touched so many lives and will leave behind an empty place where he used to be. Everyone he met was his friend. He loved life, people, and his dog Daisy. When asked, he always said that his greatest legacy was his kids, his grandkids, his great grandkids and his adopted kids, all of whom will continue to live according to the example that he set. Howard is survived today by his wife, Melba Weaver. He is also survived by son, Larry Weaver; daughters, Della Weaver and Deanna Gilbert; grandchildren, Curtis Weaver and wife Taryn, Sissy Gortmaker and husband Thomas, JR Pinckney and wife Katelyn, Sam Turner and wife Amber, Caleb Turner, Alexandra Gilbert, Cassidy Weaver; great grandchildren, Cache and Clayre Weaver, Aiden Pinckney, and Alexus and Georgia Curbello. He was also blessed with several extended family, Nathan and Deanna Curbello, Blake Goff, Kenneth Guinn, Mike and Rhonda Mitchell, Olga Mireychik, and Teresa Weaver. In lieu of flowers please donate to: Cook Children's Hospital https://www.cookchildrens.org/giving/donate/Pages/default.aspx St. Jude Children's Research Hospital https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html